The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition.

No, I don't regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don't regret anything.

Babies have big heads and big eyes, and tiny little bodies with tiny little arms and legs. So did the aliens at Roswell! I rest my case.

You have to create your life. You have to carve it, like a sculpture.

If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!

How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood of young runaways.

We're all embers from the same fire. Our ember winks out, we're ashes, we go back to the fire.

Has it ever occurred to you that how we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life?

Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.

The mysteriousness and mystique of space is such, that science fiction attempts to tantalize you by telling you a story that could possibly be out there and that's the appeal of science fiction.

Energy is the key to creativity. Energy is the key to life.

To be compassionate, you have to forget your own comfort zone and live well because you live beyond yourself.

The Lord has to break us down at the strongest part of our self-life before He can have His own way of blessing us.

To travel beyond our world is to change this present one forever.

There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

Every birthday is a gift. Every day is a gift.

It's easy to forget people are blood and bone. They're not indestructible.

My front door had seen jean skirts, dresses, even a see-through tube dress over a string bikini. A handful of times, spackled-on makeup and glitter lotion. Never pajamas.

On Twitter, I just want to make you laugh at all costs.

Every parent's first responsibility is to teach his child that there is a God to whom he's accountable and that God has certain commands that we're obligated to obey.

Learn to be a radiant human, and then shine on others.